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Minky Starshine

Minky Starshine - 1.0.6

AU & VST plug-in: additive/hybrid synthesizer

All Time: (3.0)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.0.6
Release Date: 2007-04-10
License: Commercial
Downloads (this version): 1,327
Downloads (all versions): 4,434
Price: $29.00

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Product Description:

Minky Starshine is at heart an additive synthesiser, augmented with possibilities for subtractive synthesis (i.e. filtering) and pulse width modulation.

A waveform is created by summing 16 independently controllable 'partials'. By setting the relative levels of the partials appropriately you can create familiar waveforms such as sawtooth and squarewave, but you can also create an infinite range of timbres in between.

As well as simply setting the levels of the partials, you can flexibly assign them to three 'groups'. Each group has a very flexible envelope generator and an LFO, so you can change the balance of the partials (and therefore the timbre of the sound) over time.

The LFOs have a wide frequency range and can also be used as ring modulators.

The waveform as a whole can have its pulsewidth controlled. An envelope and LFO is provided, as well as control by note velocity.

A resonant filter is available, capable of lowpass, bandpass and highpass and a continuous range in between. Again, control by envelope, LFO and note velocity are possible.

A flexible modulation section is provided, capable of chorus, flange and delay effects.

The factory presets showcase some of the range of sounds that can be produced.

What's new in this version:

1.0.6
  • (AU only) Fixes odd crash with some dialogs (input/output config, render to disk) in Ableton Live 6.
1.0.5
  • First Universal Binary VST version.
  • Based on VST SDK 2.4.
  • VST version now supports resizing.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher
  • G4 or G5 processor
  • Universal Binary

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Minky Starshine CommentaryWhen did the price go up to $30. and for what? - Version: 1.0.2, 8/1/2005 03:02AM PST

macmidiguy
Come on guy, not $30.

I'm sure you've spent hours on programming but let's be reasonable in shareware pricing.

For that price I would expect a full printed manual and a box set.

To be fair to you I will recommend it since it's still a nice colour show albeit the price could be somewhat around $20.
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Minky Starshine Review$29. for what? - Version: 1.0.1, 1/9/2005 07:18AM PST

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wsheluk
The minky starshow is nice to watch! Is that musical performance? In the era of lip sync would expect anything better.
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Minky Starshine CommentaryMY COMMENT BELOW IS FOR EARLIER VERSION THAN 1.0.0. !!! - Version: 1.0.0b1, 11/29/2004 04:41AM PST

justinchodzko
I've just seen 1.0.0 is reworked for 10.2.8
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